BOEING CONTRACTS HITCO TO MACHINE WING SPOILER BEAMS ON 747.

HITCO Carbon Composites, Inc. (HITCO), a subsidiary of the German based SGL Group, The Carbon Company, will machine wing spoiler beams for the Boeing Company's 747 wide body airliner. HITCO will supply these components to Boeing's Salt Lake City, Utah location.

HITCO's recent investment in state-of-the-art plant and equipment modernization is opening up many new opportunities for it to provide production volumes of highly engineered products to its customers. For example, HITCO will use a CATIA-based model to machine these spoiler beams, allowing the company to save time and money for its customers by using the SNK five-axis machine.

HITCO Carbon Composites, Inc. was founded in 1922 and manufactures advanced composite materials primarily for aerospace and defense applications. HITCO continues to be an innovative leader in the advancement of carbon composite technologies and continues to strategically focus within the SGL Group on new projects for aerospace/aircraft and defense applications.

SGL Group -- The Carbon Company

The SGL Group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of carbon-based products. It has a comprehensive portfolio ranging from carbon and graphite products to carbon fibers and composites. SGL Group's core competencies are its expertise in high-temperature technology as well as, its applications and engineering know how, gained over many years. These competencies enable the company to make full use of its broad material base. SGL Group's carbon-based materials combine several unique properties such as electrical and thermal conductivity, heat, and corrosion resistance as well as, high mechanical strength combined with low weight. Due to the paradigm shift in the use of materials because of the worldwide shortage of energy and raw materials, there is a growing demand for SGL Group's high-performance materials and products from an increasing number of industries. Carbon and graphite products are used whenever other materials such as steel, aluminum, copper, plastics, wood etc. fail due to their limited properties. Products from the SGL Group are used predominantly in the steel, aluminum, automotive, chemical, and glass/ceramics industries. However, manufacturers in the semiconductor, battery, solar/wind energy, environmental protection, aerospace, and defense industries as well as, in the nuclear energy industry also figure among the company's customers.

With around 30 production sites in Europe, North America, and Asia as well as a service network covering more than 100 countries, the SGL Group is a company with a global presence. In 2006, the company's workforce of 5,250 generated sales of 1.2 billion Euros. The company's head office is located in Wiesbaden, Germany.

For more information, visit http://www.hitco.com or call 310/970-5825.